Testing The Printer - Epson Stylus Color 980 Product Information Manual

EPSON Stylus COLOR 980
6. Place the black ink cartridge in its holder with the label
facing up and toward the back of the printer. Then press
down the clamp until it locks into place.
7. Press the R cleaning button to move the color ink cartridge
holder into the installation position.
If the print head doesn't move to the color ink cartridge
installation position, hold down the cleaning button for
three seconds until the print head moves to the color ink
cartridge installation position.
8. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to install the color ink cartridge.
9. Press the R cleaning button to begin charging the ink
delivery system, and then close the printer cover.
Charging takes about two minutes. The P power light flashes,
and the printer makes various sounds until it is finished.
Don't turn off the printer or interrupt the charging process or
it will start over and you'll use more ink than necessary.
Charging is complete when the P power light stops flashing
and stays on.
Never turn off the printer when the P power light is
flashing, unless the printer hasn't moved or made any
noise for more than five minutes.
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Testing the Printer

You can run a printer check to determine whether the
problem comes from the printer itself or some other source.
Follow these steps to run the printer check:
1. Make sure both the printer and computer are turned off.
2. Disconnect the interface cable from the printer.
3. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer.
Load paper that's at least 8.27 inches (210 mm) wide.
This prevents ink from spraying inside the printer and
smudging your printouts.
4. Hold down the E load/eject button, then press and release
the Ppower button. Continue holding down the E load/
eject button until the Ppower light starts to flash, then
release it.
The printer prints one page showing its ROM version
number, ink counter, and a nozzle check pattern in black,
magenta, cyan, and yellow. Only the nozzle check pattern is
shown below.
5. To end the check, turn off the printer after it prints the
check page. Then reconnect the interface cable and turn on
your printer and computer.
If the check page prints, the problem lies in your
software settings, the interface cable, or your computer.
Or your printer or application software may not be
installed correctly.
If the check page does not print correctly, you may have
a problem with your printer. First try cleaning the print
head (see page 10). Then try the suggestions in
"Problems and Solutions" in the Printer Basics book or
"Troubleshooting" in the electronic EPSON Stylus
COLOR 980 Reference Guide.
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